Friday, January 12, 2007

World War II: The Home Front - Two Stars and a Wish

Our topic was World War II: The Home Front. At the beginning of the topic we had to think about all the things we knew about the war and all the things we would like to find out. Now that we have finished our topic, Mrs McDowall has asked us to think of two things we loved about it and one thing we didn't like or would have liked to find out more. this is what we came up with!

Our Stars (things we loved about the topic)

Creating the posters in our group challengeLearning about Make Do and Mend and how they did itFinding out about the clothes they woreUsing the LTScotland websites to find things outLooking at other school websites about World War II for facts and informationLearning about the BlitzThe role-play we did about evacuationOur trip to People's PalaceLearning about the Blackout and the preparations for war people had to makeWatching the video about Children during World War IIUsing the internet for researchLearning about Evacuation and how the children feltFinding out about Propaganda and CensorshipLearning about what it was like to live in Britain during the WarDoing research about the ARP, Home Guard and Auxiliary Fire Service and then presenting it to the rest of the class.

Our Wishes (what we would improve about the topic)

To have found out more about the Black MarketTo have learned more about the actual War and the battles that were foughtTo have had time for more people to try things out during the People's Palace tripTo have learned more about bombing and the effectsTo have found out more about the equipment the soldiers hadTo have learned some more about HitlerTo have spent more time understanding about rationingTo have learned more about Japan and the atomic bombTo have found out how all the countries involved recovered from the warTo have learned more about it all!

Hi Primary 7. I like all your stars about the World War Two Topic. You seem to have learned a lot and enjoyed all your diffrent activities. We will look at your wishes and see if we can put some of them into the topic for next year.